[NJJ]

There were also cries from the left that Bush did not meet with the people of Baghdad (showing cowardice?). Had the word gotten out that he was at the airport, is there any doubt that the bad guys would have initiated an impromptu, all out, get him at any cost, attack with any weapons available effort? Even if it did not get Bush, can you imagine the number of innocent lives that would have been lost. The need for secrecy was to save more than just Bush's life.

[nicmarlo]

All this is from the NY slimes is juvenile temper tantrums over treatment they deserved.

[ArGee]

There were also cries from the left that Bush did not meet with the people of Baghdad

Why should he meet with the people of Baghdad? He didn't meet with the people of China either. He wasn't going there for them, he was going there for the truth.

Shalom.

[mrustow]

There were also cries from the left that Bush did not meet with the people of Baghdad (showing cowardice?). Had the word gotten out that he was at the airport, is there any doubt that the bad guys would have initiated an impromptu, all out, get him at any cost, attack with any weapons available effort? Even if it did not get Bush, can you imagine the number of innocent lives that would have been lost. The need for secrecy was to save more than just Bush's life.

Gee, the lefties were never concerned about Saddam's avoidance of his own people. Their demand that Bush meet with the Iraqi people not only sounds like hypocrisy, but like yet another ruse to get the President killed.